Today's Mishnah Yomi
Bava Metzia 1:4 - 1:5
The Mishnah Yomi for Wednesday, September 18, 2024 is Bava Metzia 1:4 - 1:5
Mishnah 1
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Mishnayos Bava Metzia Perek 1 Mishnah 4
בבא מציעא פרק א׳ משנה ד׳
Bartenura
זה שהחזיק בה זכה בה. ודוקא שהיתה המציאה ברשות הרבים, שאין ארבע אמות של אדם קונות לו ברה״ר לפיכך המחזיק בה זכה. אבל בסימטא שהיא שביל של יחיד, או בצדי רשות הרבים שאין רבים דוחקים שם, ארבע אמות של אדם קונות לו כל מציאה וכל הפקר שסמוך לו בארבע אמות, ואין אחר רשאי לתפסו. ותקינו ליה רבנן כי היכי דלא ליתו לאינצויי:
אחר צבי שבור. שאינו יכול לרוץ ומשתמר בתוך השדה אם לא יטלוהו אחרים, והוי כמציאה:
זכתה לו. שדהו. והוא שעומד בצד שדהו, וכגון שיכול לרוץ אחריהן ומגיען קודם שיצאו משדהו:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Bava Metzia Perek 1 Mishnah 5
בבא מציעא פרק א׳ משנה ה׳
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הקטנים – all who are supported by/rely upon the father’s table, even if he is an adult, we call him a minor, and anything he finds belongs to his father for the sake of preventing ill-feeling. But a daughter, whether she is a minor or a maiden, her found object belongs to her father, since the Torah makes assignment of all gains/profits of her maidenhood belong to her father (see Numbers 30:17 – בנעוריה בית אביה /”while in her father’s household by reason of her youth”).
עבדו ושפחתו הכנענים – for their bodies are owned by him, as it is written (Leviticus 25:46): “You shall keep them as a possession [for your children after you, for them to inherit as property for all time. Such you may treat as slaves].”
מציאת אשתו – The Rabbis ordained this for the sake of preventing ill-feeling.
הקטנים. כל שסמוך על שלחן אביו אפילו הוא גדול קרי ליה קטן ומציאתו לאביו משום איבה. והבת בין קטנה בין נערה מציאתה לאביה, דהתורה זיכתה כל שבח נעוריה לאביה:
עבדו ושפחתו הכנענים. שהרי גופן קנוי לו. כדכתיב (ויקרא כה מו) והתנחלתם אותם:
מציאת אשתו. רבנן תקינו ליה משום איבה:
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What is Mishnah Yomi?
Mishnah Yomi is a daily study program where participants study two mishnayot (individual teachings from the Mishnah) every day. By following this program, one can complete the entire Mishnah in about six years.
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The Mishnah is the first major written collection of Jewish oral traditions, forming the basis of the Talmud. It dates back to around 200 CE and consists of teachings and discussions of Jewish law by various rabbis.
Who started the Mishnah Yomi program?
In 1934, the Kozoglover Gaon, Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, who took over from Rav Meir Shapiro (the founder of Daf Yomi) as the head of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, initiated the Mishnah Yomi cycle, focusing on Seder Zeraim and Seder Taharos. After World War II, in 1947, Rav Yonah Sztencl, a disciple of Rav Frommer, expanded the program, advocating for a comprehensive study of Shishah Sidrei Mishnah. The idea of studying two Mishnayos daily gained the support of figures like Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Tchebiner Rov, and the Gerer Rebbe, marking the formal inception of Mishnah Yomi.
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זה שהחזיק בה זכה בה – and especially when the lost object was in the public domain, since the four cubits [surrounding] a person do not acquire for him in the public domain, the person who takes hold of it acquires title to it. But in an alley/recess (adjoining an open place to which merchants retire to transact business; alternatively: market stand under a colonnade), which is the path of an individual, or on the sides of the public domain where many are not crowding there, the four cubits of a person take possession for any found object and any ownerless object that is near him is considered like four cubits, and another person may not take seize it. And the Rabbis decreed this so people would not come to quarrel.
אחר צבי שבור – which is incapable of running and is well-guarded in the field (i.e., fenced in), if others will not take it, it is like a found object.
זכתה לו – and he stands at the side of his field, and as such is able to run after them and reaches them before they leave from his field.